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John 4:5

IsraelJosephSamariaSychar

3 He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4 Now He had to pass through Samaria.

So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6 Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

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BSB
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
KJV
Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
WEB
So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
ASV
So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
DARBY
He comes therefore to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near to the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
BLB
Therefore He comes to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
ÅB
Så kom han til en by i Samaria, som heter Sykar, nær ved det stykke land som Jakob gav sin sønn Josef;
OTB
Så kom han til en by i Samaria som heter Sykar, nær det landområdet Jakob ga til sin sønn Josef.
B1930
Så kom han til en by i Samaria, som heter Sykar, nær ved det stykke land som Jakob gav sin sønn Josef;

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  • Joshua 24:32

    And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

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  • Genesis 33:19

    And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

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  • Genesis 48:22

    And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

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  • John 4:12

    Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

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